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Units / Wyoming / Elk area 72

Same number, different ground: Antelope area 72

Unit research · Wyoming Elk area 72

Berry Creek — Wyoming

100% public across 38,554 ac. Real backcountry here — 100% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. No landlocked public land.

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6,770–11,050 ft

elevation range

100%

public land

100%

of public >1 mi from a road

0 ac

landlocked public

0.00

road miles per mi²

35 mi

maintained trails

Computed from primary government data by the open pipeline. See the code →

Tags & season

Tags: check Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

No draw hunts are published for this elk area. Tag type, quotas and season dates are in Wyoming Game and Fish Department's regulations.

Season dates: see Wyoming Game and Fish Department's regulations

2026 WGFD Hunting License Application Information (booklet PDF)

Fees and draw dates from Wyoming Game and Fish Department, 2026, verified 2026-08-05 — past its verify-by date, confirm with the agency. Tag type from the agency's published draw statistics: a elk area that appears in none of them has no limited-entry hunt we know of. Source: 2026 WGFD Hunting License Application Information (booklet PDF) · WGFD license fee list · WGFD preference points · WGFD application dates & deadlines.

Land & access

NPS 99%USFS 1%□ Private 0%
Unit area38,554 ac
Public land38,494 ac (100%)
Landlocked public0 ac (0.0%)
Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)0 mi
Maintained trails35 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road38,390 ac (100% of public)
Road density0.00 mi/mi²
Managed byNPS 38k ac · USFS 0k ac
Elevation6,770–11,050 ft
Median elevation8,560 ft
Median slope17°

Where the ground sits

6,770 ft11,050 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 33%
E 29%
S 17%
W 21%

Share of ground steeper than 5° — flat ground has no facing

North slopes hold shade, cover and snow; south slopes open first.

USGS 3DEP 1 arc-second (30 m), slope at native resolution in a local metric projection, sampled on a 200 m grid. See the code →

Unit intelligence report

8,999 ac of this elk area has burned — 23% of the unit. The full report assembles it into one printable document and keeps it current as the facts change.

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Season conditions — measured, not vibes

Historical temperatures · 2000–2025

Monthly normal highs and lows, °F24° high6° lowJFMAMJJASOND

Normals for 2000–2025 — tap or hover for a month

Measured at YELLOWSTONE, 69 km from the unit’s center and ~800 ft below its median elevation — expect the unit to run colder. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

How these numbers are made

public_land_pct = public_area / unit_area
landlocked = public ∖ reachable(roads, corners)
remote = public ∖ buffer(roads, 1 mi)

Computed, not curated: no paid research team, no opinions dressed as data. If a number looks wrong, file an issue — the fix ships for everyone.

Nearby elk areas

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